Lake Meridian Triathlon - TriathlonSprint

First tri that I've done with a full 800 meter swim. Boy, did those buoys seem like they were a long way down that lake! Ended up in the back of the pack and kept running into a couple other swimmers, didn't really get to draft anyone. Was pleased with my swim time because I beat my goal.

Position myself not quite to the back of the pack at the start.

Better transition this race, I remembered to pull my arms out of my wetsuit on the way to transition this time!

Keep practicing T-1

Got halfway up the little steep hill on the course, watched two women get halfway up and one dropped her chain, and one just stopped and got off her bike. I chickened out, was afraid to shift again, called out to the rider behind me that I had to turn out and went back to the bottom of the hill. Crap! Was afraid that I couldn't stand in my bike shoes on the hill, so I stopped on the grass verge at the side of the road, ran my bike up, got back on and got going again. Plan to go back and conquer that hill! Other than that my bike time was good.

Train better

Feet felt numb when running into transition but I just kept my steps small. Found my rack place and everything went pretty smooth.

Get different shoe ties!

Nice run course, very pretty trail through the woods. I felt tired by the run, more mental than physical as usual. Should have pushed harder.

I don't run enough hills, mostly flats, need to do more hills.

Walked around, tried some gatorade post race and I think that it helped--minimized foot cramps later in the day.


Training!


I thought that this was a very well organized race, especially for a first year event. The post race breakfast was very nice and I really liked that it benefitted a charity. I would love to do this race again next year. My favorite part was the bike course, very fun.